scratch disc mess up

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scratch disc mess up

Aug 17, 2013 6:26 AM

okay, i started up final cut pro one day and it said that my scratch disc was gone or did not have accses privlages, i searched for the folder but could not find it.So i made a new (blank) folder and set it as the "scratch disc" (have no idea what that is).did not work, so i set the "Final Cut Pro Documents" folder as the scratch disc,final cut pro then loads all its effects and such, BUT IT JUST QUITS!

also, i did not install this on my computer, my movie making teacher did, i nedd this to work so i can do an assignment.

thanks,

Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

p.s. this is final cut pro 7.0.3

and i did use the report button.

Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 17, 2013 6:39 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 17, 2013 6:56 AM in response to PhantomCaleb

First try trashing FCP's preferences; this free app will help: http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/

Once you've trashed the preferences and restart FCP, you'll need to assign a capture/scratch disk. That's essentially the location where you want FCP to store captured or transferred video files and render files. It should not be located anywhere on your boot drive, but on a second hard drive that has the proper speed and data throughput capabilities to handle streaming multiple, large video files of the format you'll be working with. The drive must be at least 7200rpm and connected to your Mac in a way that can support a sustained data stream. Firewire, Thunderbolt, SATA or eSATA will usually work well, but USB 2.0 won't work well at all.

-DH

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Aug 17, 2013 7:14 AM in response to David Harbsmeier

what if i do not have a second hard drive? (because i do not)

i am not doing anything huge.

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Answer 3

Aug 17, 2013 7:31 AM in response to PhantomCaleb

You might get by with keeping media on the boot drive, but remember, video files and their respective data rates can be huge ... the boot drive is busy enough running the OS, any open applications and all of the background processes you never actually see. Asking it to also handle the demands from processing video can often overload the system and playback may stutter; rendering may take longer and as the boot hard drive fills up, other abnormalities may occur.

-DH

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Aug 17, 2013 7:53 AM in response to David Harbsmeier

tried everything you said to do but no luck,after setting the scratch disc FPC just loads all its effects and such then quits.

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Answer 5

Aug 18, 2013 8:38 AM in response to PhantomCaleb

Permissions can get seriously screwed up and can cause all sorts or problems. You might try creating a new user (from the mac os, not within fcp) by going to system preferences, accounts and logging out (in the apple menu) and logging in as the new user.

You might also ask your teacher for some help with this as he set it up on your system.

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